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The subject line is joking, but I think its kind of cool to look back at some old tournaments of mine and see mine name is relation to current tour pros, specifically Hunter Mahan and Jeff Overton. I actually know Overton (via my college golf teammates) and played with him a couple times, but this was back in 2002.



btw - Mahan back at the Kiawah Island tournament didn't wear golf shoes, he wore tennis shoes ha.

anyone else had a chance to see their name with someone famous (whether its golf, celebrities, or other athletes?


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The subject line is joking, but . . .

I taught a current NHL player (and former Stanley Cup champion) how to ride a bike and throw a nice tight spiral with a Canadian football - extremely relevant in his current occupation.

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Off topic, but I've seen a few Pros who come from the rough area I live. Between my town and the three towns that border it (Frisco, Plano, McKinney, and The Colony), I think I've counted 3 or 4 pros between the list you showed there and guys who qualified for the Championship.

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majorchamp Dedicated Member

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Off topic, but I've seen a few Pros who come from the rough area I live. Between my town and the three towns that border it (Frisco, Plano, McKinney, and The Colony), I think I've counted 3 or 4 pros between the list you showed there and guys who qualified for the Championship.

what Championship?


darkhunter139 Great Member

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I taught a current NHL player (and former Stanley Cup champion) how to ride a bike and throw a nice tight spiral with a Canadian football - extremely relevant in his current occupation.

Which player? I'm curious now.


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anyone else had a chance to see their name with someone famous (whether its golf, celebrities, or other athletes?

Do restraining orders count?

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golfro Great Member

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back when i lived in LA, a family friend was a local golf coach who taught me early on, was apparently one of Se Ri Pak's very first golf coaches. Thats about it...

and i'm still tryign to find a connection somehow to Anthony Kim and his parents...my family was well connected around K-Town in LA around when AK was raised there...no luck yet.

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I've been interviewed by Jeff Kriet (runner up at Bassmaster Classic) and sat and talked fishing with him for about 15 minutes. That was about as cool to me as meeting a pro athlete.

bwdial Great Member

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I had a class with Dickey Pride at the University of Alabama and I made a bunch of double and triple bogeys on the hole that Jason Bohn aced to win the million dollars at Alabama.

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My physical therapist was Mike Willett a few months ago. He was the therapist for the main guy in the book Paper Tiger, if any of you have read it.

I've never played with anyone famous yet. I hope to soon though!

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The subject line is joking, but I think its kind of cool to look back at some old tournaments of mine and see mine name is relation to current tour pros, specifically Hunter Mahan and Jeff Overton. I actually know Overton (via my college golf teammates) and played with him a couple times, but this was back in 2002.

Did you play your college golf in Indiana somewhere? I'm in SE Indiana about 1 1/2 hour from Indy.


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Not me, but a friend of mine lived in Myrtle Beach and worked at a golf course. Talked about playing with this guy who had just started on tour. Guy could absolutely kill it. Yeah...Dustin Johnson. Meanwhile, I play golf with the meat department guy from Kroger.

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i taught Tiger how to swing a club, you know when he was winning everything, not now, he needs to listen to me again :)

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I was fortunate enough to play darts against 7 former world champion darts players. And 1 former PGA pro. Jodie Mudd was at the same bar as me about ten years ago. He saw me playing and came over and asked for a game. It was funny, because I didn't recognize him at first. He had a full beard and looked like Happy Gilmore's caddy. But it was great to meet him and have a good game of darts. Much better than some old autograph.

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i taught jack nicklaus how to play golf..... does that count?

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sean_miller Incredible Member

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Which player? I'm curious now.

A lot of Canadians have nephews, cousins, and siblings in the NHL.

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I said hi to Tom Kite in the Spyglass parking lot last week. That's pretty much it.

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what Championship?

PGA Championship.

My bad, I was looking at the list of PGA Pros who were trying to qualify. I found the list of pros who made the cut and the only near-by one was Bruce Smith, from my home town. In the qualifier game, though, there were two or three others within 30 miles of me. Hunter Mahan's profile doesn't say where he currently resides, but it does say he grew up in the McKinney area. Neat.

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